Retirement

Origen has sold its small self-administered scheme (SSAS) business to pension provider and consultant Barnett Waddingham.

Suffolk Life has continued its acquisition spree with the purchase of Origen Investment Services' self-invested personal pension (SIPP) book.

FIVE THINGS

In this week's annuity-themed poll we ask: Should the Financial Conduct Authority review the direct to consumer annuity market?

Stephen Robinson, managing director of Bristol-based firm Clarke Robinson & Co, relays the story of a client forced into marriage by his pension providers.

IHT Planning Matters head Peter Legg talks about the current political motivation to clamp down on tax avoidance and what implications it could have for the planning of inheritance tax.

Pension schemes have avoided being forced to find £450bn worth of extra cash after the European Commission scrapped its Solvency II plans today.

Fiona Murphy goes through the results of this month's Inquiry and investigates how advisers are engaging with auto-enrolment

With restrictions on annual pension contributions being cut from £50,000 to £40,000 and the lifetime limit on savings qualifying for tax reliefs dropping from £1.5m to £1.25m for the 2014-15 tax year, retirement planning for high net worth individuals...

Helen Morrissey talks to Alan Higham founder of Retirement Angels and chairman of Annuity Direct about the current state of the annuity market and why things will have to change.